Even more trouble in London

[mystic brew]

this inicident happened right on my doorstep.

damn. I live no more than 500 m away from this incident.

then there have been unconfirmed eyewitness reports of another smoking package on the Victoria line from Brixton, which is my other local tube station.

*shakes head*

[Marcellus]

Unless that man was wearing TNT under his jacket, that is just plain unnecesarry force. He was on the ground when they shot him five times.

Another passenger on the train, Anthony Larkin, told BBC News the man had been wearing a "bomb belt with wires coming out".

Whether this witness is right or not remains to be seen.

[rasoforos]

There better be a reason for him to be shot or Blair's head should fall for leading the country into this out of control mess....


...which more or less makes me believe that, terrorist or not, with gun and explosives or not, they will make sure something is found on him. All hell will break loose if they dont.


Having said that, I d prefer him caught alive but I understand this was nearly impossible amidst the chaotic situation of London the past week.

[Marcellus]

Not possible? The man was lying prone on the ground. Even if he was wearing a bomb, it seems stupid to SHOOT at him; what if you hit the explosives?

Whatever happens, I don't think those cops should be getting any promotions.

I imagine that activating a bomb belt is still possible lying down. If the man had been able to activate a bomb belt because the police had only forced him to the ground, and more people had died, what would the reaction have been then?

it seems stupid to SHOOT at him

Officers would be trained to aim for the head as shots to the torso could trigger a hidden explosive device, he added.

[Marcellus]

Now I know.

Once again though, there had better be inconclusive proof of him carrying an explosive device, or this is just outrageous.

Or at the very least proof that the officers genuinely believed that he had explosives and was going to use them. The dead man's behaviour was very suspicious to say the least - he ignored the police's warning, ran away from them and jumped onto a train.

[Sigurd]

Now I know.

Once again though, there had better be inconclusive proof of him carrying an explosive device, or this is just outrageous.

You do mean conclusive?

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

I have read the associated press version of this story and it sounds like the police had been concerned about the individual for a while.

Reminds me of when the French shot that one Algerian terrorist about 10 years ago.

[PanzerJaeger]

A successful hunt.. good show!

[Ser Clegane]

A successful hunt.. good show!

Not quite - it would have been really successful had they been able to catch him alive to interrogate him.
But before we judge the necessity of killing the suspect we should certainly wait until more information is available...

[thrashaholic]

What I thinks worst about all this is the Muslim Council's reaction to it, it reeks of their hypocrisy and subversive support for the terrorists.

Since the first London blasts they've been, quite tastelessly in my opinion, spewing guff about potential backlashes and that the terrorists "aren't 'real' muslims" (whatever a real muslim is), and then they have the downright gall to have a pop at the police for shooting a potential terrorist. If the terrorists aren't 'really' muslims, why on earth should the muslim council, as a muslim interest group, care if they get shot. Their statement also uses quite nauseatingly emotive language depicting the terrorist as a lovely chap who you'd take home to meet your parents, but the, no doubt non-muslim police, as evil vicious monsters. Their response reeks of the racism and unwillingness to face up to the problem that is so inherent in their community.

I wonder how long it'll be before Sir Ian Blair has any white officers involved facing a disciplinary hearing on trumped-up racism charges.....

[Ser Clegane]

and then they have the downright gall to have a pop at the police for shooting a potential terrorist.

Do you have any links to this story?